Walking On Water

On many of my trips down to Grey Cloud Island I’ve contemplated taking a photograph of this dead tree resting in Mooers Lake just off of the Mississippi River, but it wasn’t until Saturday that the decision to press the shutter actual took place. The tree hasn’t moved since I’ve been coming here, and likely won’t for a long time, but the overcast and misty conditions just seemed to fit well with it.

A picture of this tree at a slightly different angle was shared with my social networks Sunday, but it was not as strong of a picture as this one, at least not in my mind. The difference? Angle. When surveying the composition, the angle in the image above was the desired one due to how the water looked and reflected – the background was also more to my suiting, but as I moved around to this perspective, the tree’s look also changed and started to look more like a spider walking on top of the water. Bonus!

I kept moving around the banks looking at other compositions, like the one I shared Sunday (below), but none were as strong and the angle for the tree could not be compared – this one was just too cool. Keep moving though and look at different perspectives – your first shot may turn out to be your best one, as in this case, but moving around may produce some interesting results or give a totally different feel to the image. Move those feet!